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Ai2’s Asta Launches as an Open Framework to Bring Rigor to Scientific AI
Fresh off unveiling MolmoAct and securing a U.S. government contract to build a new, fully open suite of advanced models, Ai2 is testing the boundaries of scientific discovery with the introduction of Asta, its new AI toolkit for scientific research. True to The Allen Institute for AI’s mission, this collection is built to give researchers […]
U.S. and Nvidia Invest $152M in Open AI Models to Drive Scientific Breakthroughs
The United States is teaming up with Nvidia to develop a new generation of AI models aimed at accelerating scientific breakthroughs and strengthening the country’s leadership in AI research. The National Science Foundation (NSF) will invest $75 million in the Open Multimodal AI Infrastructure to Accelerate Science (OMAI) project, which is led by nonprofit research […]
Ai2’s MolmoAct Trains Robots to Think in 3D Before Acting in Reality
Ai2, or the Allen Institute for AI, is unveiling a new class of models designed to help robots move through the world with greater spatial awareness. Known as Action Reasoning Models (ARM), it’s billed as giving machines spatial awareness that text-based inputs alone can’t deliver. The first in this ARM family is MolmoAct, an open-source […]
Ai2’s FlexOlmo Lets You Co-Develop AI Language Models Without Sharing Data
Ai2 has unveiled FlexOlmo, a new framework that lets multiple organizations jointly develop language models without requiring centralized data pooling. Ideal for those in regulated industries, it provides developers with granular control over how and when their data influences the model, addressing long-standing concerns regarding privacy, IP protection, and data sovereignty in collaborative AI projects. […]
Ai2 Brings OLMo, Molmo, and Tülu AI Models to Enterprise Teams with Cirrascale Deal
Non-profit AI lab Ai2 is partnering with infrastructure platform provider Cirrascale in a move to commercialize its open-source models. OLMo 2, Molmo, and Tülu 3 can now be run via API on Cirrascale’s Inference Platform, enabling companies to avoid the need to deploy the models themselves and the associated costs of in-house systems or expertise. […]
Ai2’s SciArena Benchmarks AI for Science, Inspired by ChatBot Arena
Nonprofit AI lab Ai2 has launched a new platform to help researchers evaluate which AI models perform best on scientific literature tasks. Called SciArena, it’s an open, collaborative service that enables head-to-head comparisons of large language models. Think ChatBot Arena—but built for the scientific research community. “Measuring progress in using AI agents for literature-grounded scientific […]
Ai2’s RewardBench 2 Is a Tougher Benchmark for Testing How Well AI Models Reflect Human Judgment
Ai2 has released an update to its RewardBench benchmark, making it more capable of evaluating reward models. The next-generation test is built using new, more complex examples to assess how accurately AI models can produce answers that are as accurate as those of a human. In its first round of testing, RewardBench 2 ranks Google’s […]
Ai2 Unveils the Tiniest OLMo 2 Model, Built for Local and Efficient AI Use
Nonprofit AI lab Ai2 has released a new variation of its open-source language model. Previously, OLMo 2 was available in three sizes—7B, 13B, and 32B—but now there’s a 1B version, the smallest member of the model family. The company claims it outperforms Google’s Gemma 3 1B and Meta’s Llama 3.2 1B. OLMo 2 came onto […]
Ai2’s OLMoTrace Tool Reveals the Origins of AI Model Training Data
Ai2 has launched a tool to help developers answer a critical question: Where do AI models get their data? Called OLMoTrace, it’s an open-source application offering fact-checking of information provided in prompt replies. This data traceability is vital for those interested in governance, regulation, and auditing. This feature is currently available on Ai2’s flagship model, […]
Google Cloud and Ai2 Invest $20M to Accelerate AI-Driven Cancer Research
Google Cloud and Ai2 have partnered with the Cancer AI Alliance, a coalition of leading research institutions and tech companies focused on using AI to combat cancer. The two companies announced they are investing $20 million to support the effort and provide access to needed technology to accelerate scientific discovery. “The Cancer AI Alliance represents […]